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Second Language Acquisition of Relative Clauses in the Languages of East Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2007

Alan Juffs
Alan Juffs
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University of Pittsburgh
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The study of relative clauses (RCs) has been central to both theoretical linguistics and studies in acquisition. This thematic issue of Studies in Second Language Acquisition makes a very important new contribution in this area by highlighting recent developments in thinking on the structure of RCs crosslinguistically and by introducing new data on the acquisition of Japanese, Korean, and Cantonese as first languages (L1s) and second languages (L2s). In this commentary, I will focus on two themes that emerge from the articles: representation and processing of RCs.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , June 2007 , pp. 361 - 365
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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